David Carr Quotes

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News is the killer app.
— David Carr

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We tell ourselves that we lie to protect others, but the self usually comes out looking damn good in the process.
— David Carr

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For all their bluster and outward crustiness, newspaper people can be delicate flowers who have trouble doing their jobs when they believe that they are under threat.
— David Carr

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To be an addict is to be something of a cognitive acrobat.  You spread versions of yourself around, giving each person the truth he or she needs—you need, actually—to keep them at a remove.
— David Carr in The New York Times Magazine

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